Sentences with phrase «biblical studies experienced»

Whereas biblical studies experienced the challenge of modernity in terms of historical - critical approaches to scripture, pastoral theology experienced it in terms of the emergence of psychology and sociology as disciplines.

Not exact matches

What is striking is that reflection coming out of life experience and Biblical study in communities that have taken for granted the reality of God converge so far with the ideas of God that come from those who have wrestled with, and proposed alternatives to, the dominant philosophical views.

While it would take an empirical study to solve the issue, my hypothesis is that most persons in our culture — liberal, postliberal or what have you — interpret their experiences and «the universe» primarily in terms that are neither biblical nor theological.

These cultural codes and their corresponding traditions are valuable resources for indicating and validating the kind of data upon which womanist theologians can reflect as they bring black women's social, religious, and cultural experience into the discourse of theology, ethics, biblical and religious studies.